A very lively interest will doubtless be taken in the trial of wheat-harvesters which taken place to-day on the farm of Mr. John Riggs, near Gawler, under the auspices of the Royal ...
Article : 2,796 wordsThe startling intelligence received by telegraph from Kabul indicates that the British forces are once more involved in an arduous campaign in Afghanistan. ...
Article : 5,851 wordsThe Provincial and Suburban Bank Directors we to be tried by Special Jury at the February sittings. The Council to-day passed the Customs Duties ...
Article : 679 wordsThe steamer Thales arrived on Friday night, and left for Hongkong yesterday with ninety Chinese passengers. The Atjeh has just arrived. ...
Article : 30 wordsContinuous fighting is taking place round about Kabul. The enemy is advancing in great force. General Roberts has summoned troops from Gandamak ...
Article : 54 wordsOur well-known resident, the Rev. T. W. Charlesworth, M.A., died this morning about 5 o'clock. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe weather to-day has been most oppressive, but a cool breeze is now blowing from the south. Reaping is being vigorously pushed on. The loss occasioned by wheat being knocked ...
Article : 80 wordsIf the time allowed to exhibitors ia extended the French Government will send exhibits to the Melbourne Exhibition. They are applying for 25,000 feet of space. ...
Article : 38 wordsA fire occurred at noon to-day in the wheat crop of Mr. John Donaldson, near Spalding, by which seven acres of wheat were burnt. The wind was favourable, or it is likely that the ...
Article : 96 wordsGeneral Macpherson has captured the ridge south of the Bala Hissar, and is now storming the remainder of the Afghan posts in that direction. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe State prosecutions in Ireland have been abandoned. ...
Article : 11 wordsHis Lordship the Bishop of Melbourne delivered a moot interesting address in the Temperance Hall last night on the subject of "Irrigation:" His worship the Mayor in the ...
Article : 141 wordsThe military authorities at Madras have been ordered to prepare for service in Burma. ...
Article : 25 wordsAn advance will be made by the British upon Hirat, unless the Governor of that province, Ayoub Khan, complies with the instructions of General Roberts. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe fighting in the environs of Kabul continues. The rebellion is spreading. The British have evacuated the Bala ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following passengers have arrived from San Francisco:—For Sydney—(cabin) Misses Jones, Taylor, Cousins (2); Messrs. Woods, Blair, Smith (2), Allen. Mounkins, Coates and ...
Article : 942 wordsThe Times says that Mr. Berry's appeal to the country will furnish a test of the sagacity and restraint of the colony. England will not interfere to prevent the ...
Article : 55 wordsConsols are at 97¼. The tin market is depressed, with little business doing. Tin is quoted at £90 per ton. ...
Article : 38 wordsReports from the agricultrual districts state that the wheat harvest in very promising, but the caterpillars are interfering with the hay and maize crops. ...
Article : 290 wordsIntelligence has been received by the Viceroy, stating that since the engagements of December 12 and 13 the Afghans have again concentrated their forces, and ...
Article : 158 wordsThis second number of the new monthly serial brought out by our enterprising neighbours has perhaps too many answers, which will probably be followed by rejoinders. The ...
Article : 1,481 wordsAdvices from Peru state that the Chilian army has again encountered the Peruvians at Tarapaca, but after a severe engagement the former were defeated ...
Article : 37 wordsFive valuable draught horses, belonging to a settler named Walloon, have been maliciously killed by some persons unknown. Two arrests have been made. ...
Article : 28 wordsA later telegram received from General Roberts fully confirms the reports as to the continued fighting around Kabul. The battle was commenced by the enemy ...
Article : 149 wordsThe City of Melbourne, steamer, brings Noumea dates to the 12th inst. On the previous Thursday sixteen convicts, after pitching a surveillant guarding them into ...
Article : 359 wordsConsols are at 97¼. The Five per Cent Victorian Loan ia worth £102 10s. The quantity of wheat afloat for Great ...
Article : 35 wordsTable showing the distance, in miles from Adelaide of each station on the Port Darwin line, with the weather report for Tuesday, December 16:— ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Wed 17 Dec 1879, Page 5
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